XL cutting table

A husband is a good thing, I’m gathering from these recenthacks. Handy hubby Larry whips up this mega-sized cutting table for his wife’s fabric and sewing business.

He says, “My wife runs an internet-based fabric and sewing business and recently took some office space. She wanted a new cutting table for the space with a couple of requirements:

It had to be big. Really big.

It had to be smooth so as not to catch fabric on it when laying out and cutting patterns

It had to be high – higher than the normal 35″ countertops

Our solution? A 4′ x 8′ sheet of laminated particle board (from Loews), trimmed with oak, on a couple Ikea Galant bases and legs. The Galant legs extend the table top up to 40″ high, making for a very comfortable working area.

Cool stuff, ideally suited to the task at hand without blowing a bundle (whole thing came in under $350).”

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Just saw this. I don’t know why he said it was $350. IIRC, the two sets of legs came to about $160 (including the frames). The table top cost $40, and I think the strapping cost somewhere in the vicinity of $10. So my recollection of the total cost is in the $200 to $225 area. And I got a GREAT cutting table!

If you ever tried to buy a proper cutting table, you’d know that under $350 is cheap. Having them built comes in around $800. I own a drapery workroom and I know. The kind of table you need isn’t the cheapo fold up table you find at Walmart

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